Sharing your election information will be top priority during the Neighborhood Council election period. To keep your stakeholders up to date with key election voting, candidate registration, workshops, board meetings, candidate forums, and other important dates and deliverables, every Election Committee will be best served by creating a master calendar. Step 1: Start with a [...]
In less than 3:33 minutes, inquisitive community members interested in running for a local Neighborhood Council board seat can learn about what to expect. How? It's all in an easy-to-understand YouTube video: https://youtu.be/UngU30nRMGA By sharing the YouTube video link in blog articles and social media posts, this newly created animated video will inform [...]
Have you updated your Neighborhood Council website so that it is easy for stakeholders to find Election information? If not, you should work on that easy strategy. The first button on your Neighborhood Council page should be to lead your stakeholders to the exclusive EmpowerLA Election page for YOUR Neighborhood Council. And...hyperlink the ELECTIONS icon [...]
Candidates can see which seats are open for each of Neighborhood Council by viewing each Neighborhood Council’s EmpowerLA Election page. It is up to each Election Committee to make that information easily available for your stakeholders. Here’s what you can do: Step 1. Go to https://empowerla.org/find-your-council/ Step 2. Click on your NC on the map [...]
Each of the 35 Online Voting Neighborhood Councils can set up a "SIGN UP TO VOTE" station at your meetings and events and call in your IEA to help facilitate. Your IEA can bring a portable Hotspot box so that Wi-Fi access is available for all to use. If your Neighborhood Council wants to have [...]
The Election Chair will be busy mastering the details of their Neighborhood Council election. There are several documents, manuals, and guidelines each Neighborhood Council Election Chair should know so that their election is held with transparency, fairness, and legitimacy. Top 5 Document List: Neighborhood Council 2016 Election Manual Candidate Guidelines Acceptable Forms of Documentation Your [...]
Are you making your list and checking it twice? We aren't talking about your holiday gift list. Rather, each Neighborhood Council President or Chair should create their elected leaders' contact list. This list should be composed of your city, county and statewide representatives who you will reach out to, during your 2016 Neighborhood Council Election. [...]
EmpowerLA's Leadership Academy is coming to your neighborhood in January with workshops that focus on NationBuilder and Nextdoor NationBuilder is a community building platform, a powerful digital tool that allows Neighborhood Councils to engage their communities by: Accessing and Managing Voter Registration Data Managing Neighborhood Council Contact Data Creating email blasts with Surveys and RSVPs [...]
Online Voting is about ease and convenience. The 35 Neighborhood Councils who are participating in Online Voting will provide their stakeholders added benefits with this new form of voting. Ease Stakeholders who qualify to vote in the 35 Online Voting Neighborhood Councils, will only need to do two things: 1. Register to vote during the [...]
EmpowerLA has created a unique Election webpage for each Neighborhood Council. These webpages offer important information and links such as; Voter Registration, Candidate Registration, Poll Worker Application, Candidate Guidelines, IEA contact, Election FAQs, Regional Timeline, Election Manual, Acceptable Documentation Manual, Elections Report, and Challenges Filing. In order to find your Neighborood Council Election webpage and [...]
